Caesarean hysterectomy evolved as a life-saving procedure following caesarean delivery. The concept underlying caesarean hysterectomy dates back to the mid 1700s and with a description of the procedure performed on laboratory animals. Eduardo Porro of Milan performed the first planned caesarean hysterectomy in which both the infant and the mother survived. He documented his operation in a paper...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To compare hysterectomy with less-invasive alternatives for abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) in 7 clinically important domains. DESIGN Systematic review. SETTING Randomized clinical trials comparing bleeding, quality of life, pain, sexual health, satisfaction, need for subsequent surgery, and adverse events between hysterectomy and less-invasive treatment options. PATIENTS ...

BACKGROUND Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common complication of hysterectomy. Minimally invasive hysterectomy has lower infection rates than abdominal hysterectomy. The lower SSI rates reflect the role and benefit in infection control of having minimal incisions, rather than a large anterior abdominal wall incision. Despite the lower rates, SSI after laparoscopic hysterectomy is not uncomm...

Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) of the uterine cervix is a rare type cervical cancer. The etiopathogenesis LELC involves consideration human papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein–Barr virus infection. We present case 57-year-old female diagnosed with unique HPV-59 absence virus, which characteristic for European women. treatment included radical hysterectomy nerve-sparing hysterectomy, has n...

Presented hereunder is probably the first reported case of endometriosis at the vaginal apex following vaginal hysterectomy. No other similar case could be traced in the review of the literature.

As in the first series,1 the term "intra-abdominal operation" is used in order that such operations as herniotomy, vaginal hysterectomy, &c. (which rarely require intra-abdominal manipulation of the kind here meant), may be excluded.

Material and Method: This retrospective review was undertaken in the Department of obstetrics and Gynecology Unit III of Civil Hospital Karachi from July 2002 to December 2007. Data regarding frequency of hysterectomy, maternal age, parity, causes of hemorrhage, type of hysterectomy and its complications, was retrieved from yearly maintained Registers / proformas of obstetrical hysterectomy and...

Hysterectomy is a widespread surgical intervention in gynecological practice. Open abdominal hysterectomy accompanied by significant algogenic afferent impulse from the site of intervention. Therefore, search for effective methods combating postoperative pain quite urgent. The article analyzes modern approaches to preventive (preoperative) use non-narcotic drugs reliable control. Literature dat...